Quebec immigration authorities have announced they will begin accepting new applications under its highly successful Quebec Immigrant Investor Program for a limited period beginning May 29, 2017 and ending February 23, 2018. This comes as welcome news for high net worth individuals looking for an attractive passive investment program offering Canadian permanent residence. The Quebec Immigrant…

More than 1,500 residency permits for Greece immigration have been granted since the introduction of the Golden Visa Investor Program. Chinese and Russian candidates dominate the visa holders, as is the case with the majority of the world’s residency-by-investment programs. Some 664 five-year Greece visas have been given to Chinese applicants, with 348 visas going…

Demand for luxury Sri Lanka real estate is expected to increase with plans to award a Sri Lanka visa under a new investment immigration program. High net worth individuals are already showing keen interest in the Sri Lankan luxury real estate market, and the proposed investment immigration visa is expected to capitalise on this. The…

The new Donald Trump immigration ban has sparked a surge in interest in the US EB-5 visa from citizens of the six targeted countries. Although the new order does not come into force until March 16, 2017 – and is also the subject of two legal challenges – investors who may have been considering applying…

Wealthy Chinese candidates are lining up for New Zealand immigration under the country’s investor visa program. Figures show that of the $5.3 billion to be invested under the New Zealand investment immigration program, $3.3 billion to come from Chinese investors interested in moving to New Zealand. Of that figure, $1.7 billion has already been invested,…